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Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.

Chief Operating Officer

The manager of a company (often but not always a publicly-traded company) who is responsible for the overall day-to-day operations. That is, the COO ensures smoothness in the process of producing and distributing the company's goods or of providing its services. A COO is responsible to the CEO and the board of directors.

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The new executive appointments took effect following the retirement of RCU's previous chief operations officer Anne Benjamin, she served in that position since 2004 as part of a 35-year career in he credit union industry.

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Miami, FL, July 12, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Fresh Diet is pleased to announce that it has engaged a new executive team led by Raj Rawal, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Asif Syed, Chief Operations Officer (COO), and Vojkan Dimitrijevic, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective July 8, 2013.

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